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PRICE FIVE CENTS. SAN FRANCISCO, MOOT^ THIRD NATIONAL SHOOTING FESTIVAL OPENS AUSPICIOUSLY WITH A PARADE OF SCHUETZEN CLUBS AND IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT RANGES MADE WELCpriE TO THE FEAST President KuMs Delivers Opening Speech, of the Bundesfest in the Pavilion. President Kuhls, accompanied by his aids and the vice presidents, mounted the platform and addressed the people thick ly packed on the pavilion floor. Follow ing is his speech in full: Brother Scbuetzen: It was to have been my pleasure to welcome to-day the king of shooters, whose unerring hand has wielded the royal scepter for the past three years, but I am sorry to state that Mr. Hayes is too 111 to attend this ceremony. - I bid ycu welcome, brave riflemen, . true and good women and lovely maidens! Welcome, heroes, defenders of your country, veterans of tbe German army, and gallant and brave warrior* of the Army and Navy Union! "Welcome, all you pilgrims from across tha continent and from beyond the sea, from every State and section of this great and mighty nation, who have assembled here, upon these distant shores, of the Pacific, to witness the friendly contests among America's truest and best j sons. It Is my proud privilege to bid you all a most cor dial welcome to-day on behalf of the Na tional Shooting: Bund of the United State* and on behalf of all the people of Cali fornia. I feel proud. Indeed. In tb» consciousness that the privilege Is ours to •welcome ' you here- as our guests on this auspicious occa sion, all of you who have come to contribute by your presence, by your participation, to add luster to this splendid . celebration. . It havoc with the shooter. When he goes into the range he leaves the outside world behind him. He is as earnest and as intent upon his work as any birddog in the field. When he has blazed away his allotted cartridges he forgets the game and the struggle. -and then becomes ftne of the merry makers to .whom" -the Bundesfest Is a big and prolonged picnics, nlc. Away from the ranges and scattered aoout the park were thousands whose in terest was not bound up in the shooting. For them the dance pavilion and the open-air concert were of far more mo ment than the best of scores and shooting that brings as a reward handsome prizes in gold and silver. Men and women, old and young, made the most of the holiday. The park, dressed in bright colors and beautifully decorated, was a splendid set ting for the merriment and the jollity of a crowd bent on pleasure. The booths rang with the German songs and toasts from noon. till long after the sun had set and the ball of the evening was in full swing. On every side was the sound of voices raised in gayety and the enjoy ment of the hour. After the long morning march along the principal streets of the city the Schuetzen companies embarked on the ferry boat Oakland. The trip across the bay was one of band music and song. Every national German air was treated ¦with the greatest fairness. Not one of them was slighted. Such good spirit pre vailed that when the Oakland mole was reached the organized companies left the boat, still engaged in voicing their patri otic sentiments in throatal melody. From the mole to the park the trip was a bit more subdued in tone. The pangs of hun ger were beginning to gnaw at stomach linings, for the march had been a long and an early one. Silently the Schuetzen marched from the train to • the pavilion in the grounds and there - lined . the floor In anticipation of the speech of President Kuhls, the formal opening of the - day festival. or sustain reputations. And this shoot ing Is a serious thing with the German rifleman at a National Bundesfest. Nerve and a carefully trained eye and a steady hand are required and the least •anoyaasA j?n-, the, gart, of outsider! pl«i» At the "Ranges. At th© ranges the noise was of the popping kind. Men walked about with stern looks on their faces. They were there to shoot, to win prizes and to build The routine was carried out to a dot. But more than that, the real German spirit, always found in exuberance on such occasions, bolstered the regular or der of business over any possible quag mire of monotony. Every participant In the opening of the fest seemed to bubble over with enthusiasm. On the line of march, on the boat or at the ranges It was just the same— song, dance or social hilar ity. The spirit of fraternity ruled. And there was business transacted, too. Between times these . ardent, earnest * Schuetzen fought out their battles at the ranges. For this some of them crossed a continent, and with Itching palms they fell to work in the ehooting ranges soon after arriving at Shell Mound Park. There the peppering, incessant fire was a sure enough Indication that something big In rifle competition was going on. The very air sputtered with the sharp explosions of the guns and the din and ratfy of the fire ruled In high handed fashion. Now and then a shout would go up when some skill ful marksman had accomplished a feat of arms more than ordinarily effective. It did not take long for a fine score to Im press itself upon the crowd. When the markers swung their flags 200 yards away, indicating a high figure on the targets, the ppectators on the elevation back of the ranges would cheer lustily and long. The honored shooter, appreciative of the ap plause, would then do the proper thing, and with moistened throat and a toast or two on his lips, would return to the ranges once more, fortified In heart and spirit and seemingly better equipped for more earnest effort. Enthusiasm, of Participants. ceremony of a great national Bnndes fes tival. The 14th of July. 1901. will find an Indelible resting place in the minds of resi dent Germans. It was no Bastlle celebra tion for them, although by a. chronological coincidence the opening of the third na tional shooting festival and the national French holiday fell upon the same day. It v.-as something Teutonic in every particu lar. Varied in feature and successful in ex ecution was the opening of the third na tional Bundesfest. A procession in this city that was larger and more instinctive ly idiosyncratic than anything of its kind •we have ever seen here, a ride across the bay on a special boat, the formal cere monies of the opening at Shell Mound Park and the shooting contests at the ranges, with the distribution of prizes when the scores were compiled, all found their consecutive places on the pro gramme of the first day of the festival. Not a hitch or a loop was found any where. All ran according to schedule. t-moothly. quickly and with a sureness that betokens the complete success of this The first Calif or nian effort and the third of Its kind in America. There was color ar.d life to the whole of it. Perfectly ar ranged, every detail planned In advance and no mishaps, the inauguration of a week's festivities has set a mark for fu ture bundes celebrations. gon«?ry street, ready for a IT^c^?} 00^^ contest at the ranges "and v the general FRESH and eager for the day, sev erai thousand Schuetzen arose with the sun yesterday morning, donned their fraternal uniforms and sharp upon the appointed hour fell In line on New Mont- SUCCESSFUL BEGINNING OF THE BUNDES FESTIVAL Opening Scenes at Shell Mound Park During the First Day's Shooting of the National Organization of Riflemen •^* yINB o'clock was the appointed n^ T hour for the grand parade of the I National Schuetzen Bund yester- J .^j day morning,- and without the ¦A. *; -waste of a moment's time Grand Marshal Wieneke swung his pro ce,?flon of;: schuetzen -companies at the -corner, of Market land -New Mont gomery streets. There was no confusion or undue excitement. The plans had been carefully laid and all arrangements per fected in advance, so when the signal lor the start was given the procession moved as if It were a well regulated machine. Up Market street the silken sashed and gayly capped societies of .' shooters marched to the stirring music of many bands. In numbers and appearance It was a procession that compared favorably with . the best civilian parades ever seen in this city. All along the line of march the crowds edged the sidewalks, and ap plauded from time to . time as society after society passed In review. Every lo cal German club, uniformed or In civilian dress, distinguished by sash or headgear, made -a part of 'the procession. Then there were the Eastern organizations, all head ed with well ordered local bands. Not much attempt was made at the spectacular. There 'was a strong, striking simplicity about this procession, and some very interesting and noteworthy features.' It was dignified, without the presence of absurdities in the way of floats or sym bolic displays. Along Market Street. • Proceeding at a steady pace up Market street, the parade countermarched around the Lick monument and then down Mar ket to Kearny street. Then, moving 1 north ward the next turn was made down Cali fornia street to Montgomery. - Reaching Market street on this turn the procession arrived at the ferry In ample time for the' 11:15 boat for Shell Mound. -. • In all the' parade nothing attracted more attention than the mounted men of the Hannoveraner Vereln. A white •. horse rampant adorned the coat-of-arms of the Kingdom of Hannover, and this fact gave significance to the mounts of this, verein, their horses all white, though not exactly, rampant. In fact, they were mostly very fat and sleek and seldom has so comfort able a looking organization taken part to a San Francisco, parade" as these* portly men of Hannover and - their well-fed horses. The Schwaben Vereln tent more bright ness of color to. the parade and- to. the multitude in Shell Mound Park than did any other organization.* This society had its men and a number of girls attired In the old costume of ? Wurtemberg, . and nothing in the day's celebration lent so much of olden time and old country gala day appearance as did the \ drea? of . the Schwabians. Court Hubertus, the German lodge of the Order of Foresters, was gay In for esters' hats with a green band bearing quarters in tents arranged about the cir cular track where athletic games are 'held on other occasions. In the center of this .circular field. Is the "Gaben Tempel," where the prlaes offered are exhibited. This handsome little edifice and; Its pre cious contents - were the cynosure "_ of all eyes yesterday. Among the clubs whose j headquarters were ' crowded with guests were the San Francisco _ Schuetxen - Vereln, Vereln Eln tractit;: Germania SchuetBen Club, Nord deutscher Vereln and the Helvetia Schuet zen- Club of .Sacramento, Th© Nord deutscher Verein ; headquarters was : the scene -.of much merry-making. Many of theVcraek shots from \ the East* were s en tertained -there, and " champagne . corks /were kept a-popping, _^^ While the cIuds were hastening to their # assigned plac«3 of rendezvous, to await the start of the parade, a ceremony oS much significance occurred in the court of the Palace Hotel, A guard of honor from the San Francisco Schuetzen Vereln was drawn up, with Captain F, A. Kuhls in command. Captain Herman Weber of the Independent New York Schuetzen ad vanced, holding in his hand the staff of the flag of the National Schuetzen Bund, of which his club has been custodian since the last Bundesfest. ¦ He surrendered the banner Into the hands of Captain Kuhls with an appropriate charge. Captain Kuhls accepted the trust and placed tha banner In the hands of a stalwart stand ard-bearer. By him it was carried at tha head of the" parade. Ferris Hartman, M Doc" Leahy, ant! a numbeT of other choic» spirits marched In the rear ranks of one of the last divi sions, and looked as German, almost as the dachshund that a red-faced, blond-* mustached man led by a string, or even as th© Hannover mounted brass band tha* led the phalanx of Hannoveraner Verein, Colonel Oscar F. Long Garrison No. 301. Regular and Volunteer Army and Navjr Union. -was one of the few organizations outside of shooting clubs that participated In the parade. It was In charge of lta commander. George W. Chaplin, and pre sented an excellent front. ; Fritz Hagemann was out in all the glory of his ¦ Schuetzen • king . trophies, won on the - twenty-fifth - anniversary of the Saa, Francisco Schuetzen .Verein. His having: carried off the honors on that anniversary entitles him to be called Schuetzen Kaiser instead of plain Schuetzen Koenlg. "Schuetzen Kaiser." The Schuetzenfest must certainly- be highly successful from start to finish, for never did "Schuetzen . Llesel" carry, out her part as mascot of the festival with more : spirit and cleverness than Hiss Catherine Kr leg exhibited. She wore the , old-German shooting festival costume, re sembling the Tyrolese costume as to bod- Ice and skirt. " '". Her hat \ was a Jaunty, turban-like effect cocked- upon the side of her head, and. with a' target marked upon its top. The Schuetzen Llesel car ried a silver goblet* in one hand, lifting It on high often in response to the cheers of the throngs along the line of march. -A. miniature wine cask with silver hoop.** was slung by a strap across her shoulder. The' Schuetzen Llesel 'marched close to the head of the parade, all the way up Market' street and back and out Kearcy .and back on Montgomery street and down to the ferry, and could have marched miles further.: On the special boat she was: the center . of , a . good-natured, bantering crowd of sharpshooters, and- throughout the day 'the Schuetzen, Ldesel was an Im portant feature of the celebration. Another banner that waved proudly In the parade was the championship' banner of the centennial exhibition shooting tour nament, won by the team of the Califor nia Schuetzen Club. I the name of the court. Tha German IPor esters, an independent organization, wera led by a lusty young fellow dressed In the picturesque forester's dress of the six teenth century. " V-. .;. ; .Helvetia Elfle Club. A little American flag floating abovafhe carriage In which j Captain Frank Euh stallcr of the Helvetia Rifle Club of Sac ramento rode attracted comment and ap plause all along- the line of march. It was the fla? that Captain Ruhstaller car ried with him back to the International Schuetzenfest at Dresden and to Zurich, at both of which places he took rank among 1 the world's greatest riflemen, ex celling particularly in rapld-fira shooting. Schuetzen Societies in Processional Form March to the Music of' Many Bands. Some Striking Scenes Along the Line PARADE USHERS IN DAY CELEB RATION -^ : jOontinuedjon_Page Two.'j^ Chico Marksmen Win. Trophy. SACRAMENTO, July 14.— The Northern California blue rock shooting, tournament which opened here , yesterday was ¦• con cluded" to-day. ¦ Eighty ¦ men were oh shooting line. The Chlco team .won *the Northern" California trophy by a score of 81 out. of a possible 90. Tha Washington Club team made 77, Sacramento Gun Club 77, Willows Club .71, : Capital City; Club 69, Dlion Club 69. Johnson of Chlco also won the gilt-edge 'trophy ior ' to-day's • highest average, which was 96 2-3, : per, cent. ; .; SHELL . MQUND | PARK - was | ablaze with color last night: »- At \ the conclusion of the day's shqot- | lngithe marksmen arid picnickers . I gathered \ about ; the temple of '. prizes. v Those', who won- medals during the. ; day . received ! them from » the \ hands . ; of the \ president of the' bundea. ' .This . ceremony . completed. : the crowd scattered i through .the grounds, j;. Shell Mound .at. night, since^ the Incan descent / decorations; were^ Installed,"; ls^ a] glowing* light "palace.'* Studded Vwitb>'elec-" tric \ lights -and; hung; with j lanterns', [ the park is like a fairy, scene on the stage.;: : , A ( ' fireworks •' display^ and ,v> a ! ,' blograph '; show were; the ; features {of /the (evening's' programme, 'i- Not j untir 11 • o'clock 'did t the crowd ¦; move". homeward ,;. and y theh'.they out ; as If loth; to/. leaved;. During the " festival'; night " celebrations -will t be' a featured V Dancing, open; air •concerts I are on the programme,' •-; . ;.:; •'•/••;, REVELRf ' : ' ¦By; night Shell Mound Is Made a Fairy Scene by! Myriads : of ; In candesce nits'" aricVFireworks SCENES OF" THE: FIRST DAY: AT THE RIFI*E- RANGES AT ' SHELL. MOUND. • \ FRANK DITTLING of the .Hel vetia Rifle Club of Sacramento scored the honor, of making the first bullseye of the Third Na tional Bundesfest. It was less than fifteen minutes after the shooting began when he fired the shot that hit the bullseye. A great shout arose, and the proud marksman. was the recipient of many congratulations. ¦ ..'. : Few of the crack shots, East or. West, participated In ,the shooting yesterday. These men for the most part preferred to wait until conditions were better for top notch shooting. August Hohman of the Norddeutscher Vereln was the first to shoot at the honor target. His score was 65. j The absence of the shooting king, Wil liam Hayes of Newark, who was too ill to participate in the opening exercises, was a cause of much regret. Coliamarini and Russo, the opera favor ites, were at the park arid were toa3ted wherever they appeared along the ; line of club and singing section booths. Russo is disconsolate. His exquisite rifle, with which it is alleged he made scores of 23, 24 and 24 In three practice .shots at the hono, target last week, is sadly disfigured and is In the shop for repairs. Russo says he let it fall' from a, window. .;¦....¦_."¦. . ,-- Fred Bushnell was on the platform. in the pavilion at the close of President Kuhl's speech, to which he had listened open-mouthed with his hat held ; behind him. Then some . one proposed : < three cheers for something or other and Bush nell waved his hat In the air. and show ered everybody on the platform with con fetti, until the occasion seemed aMardl- Gras festivity or a Chinese funeral. Some one behind Bushnell had. surreptitiously filled his hat with the torn paper. Russo's Pet Rifle in Shop for Repairs and He Says It Fell From a Window INCIDENTS OF THE DAY • < ROM the time the clubs in the E parade broke ranks and the men B A crowded about the ferry-boat ¦ -'-' .Oakland and mingled with the JL ' men of other societies the day's ' ' good ' fellowship began.. Every San Franciscan in particular made it his business to ¦ extend hospitality to the guests from the other edge of the^ conti nent,.and such a Jolly, jostling, cheering crowd has seldom been seen about the old steamer in all its long life on the bay. And yet there was a dignity . in keeping with the. national' character of the festi val," and kings and presidents and cap tains did not forget the importance . of their positions nor cease to be as "impos ing , figures as giant frames, waving plumes, ; / bright sashes and ! glittering swords could combine to make. ' "When Shell Mound Park was reached and the exercises in the^ pavilion had been concluded the congested crowd about the pavilion began to debouch through- the lanes and -walks' and among the arbors and booths of the park, and everywhere the scene became one of gayety. Lunch was the. first consideration , with most, as it^was after 12 o'clock when the two spe cial; trains that connected with the Oak land reached the . park. Many of the shooting clubs had special banquets at 12 o'clock , for .; members and Invited guests. The singing sections also entertained in that | manner \ and many smaller parties enjoyed sumptuous basket lunches. The concessionaires had • arranged jj long rows of; small , tables under i the trees near the regular ;'. restaurants and hundreds were served at 'these tables, the balmy air and pleasant breeze being an important factor in their enjoyment of the picnic lunch. ' Dancing began in the pavilion early,'re gardless of anticipation of the grand ball at' night. ¦ The music was stirring and the young men and girls and many who were young; In Germany thirty years ago en tered Into the pleasures of the dance with a'whole-heartedness "¦ that was unmlstak 'able." 1- ,:¦ "J ">' :'''---^ '.'•.¦'¦¦ .'*' ¦ . '¦', .The. music was a' feature of the opening day, although ' not ' designed especially to be so, 1 since next -Sunday,, when the sing- Ing sections will unite in a grand concert, will far eclipse yesterday for, music. Yet there was much music,* and good music.: 'it The 'various shooting • clubs' have ihead-' San Franciscans Active in Extending Hospitality to Their Giiests From East MERRY MEN AND MAIDS VOLUME XC— NO. 45. The San Francisco Call